Hepatobiliary and pancreatic cancer quality performance indicators: consultation review

Contents Update Record

December 2016 (v3.0)
This document was updated following formal review of the Hepatopancreatobiliary ( HPB) Cancer Quality Performance Indicators ( QPIs) which took place following analysis of year 3 of the HBP cancer QPI data.

The following QPIs have been updated:

• QPI 2 - Diagnosis and Staging of HCC
• QPI 3 - Referral to Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
• QPI 7 - Pathological Diagnosis of Pancreatic, Duodenal or Biliary Tract Cancer
• QPI 10 - Lymph Node Yield
• QPI 11 - 30 and 90 Day Mortality After Treatment with Curative Intent
• QPI 12 - Volume of Cases per Centre / Surgeon

Please note the extant Clinical Trials has now been added into each tumour specific QPI document (see QPI 13: Clinical Trials).

As a result of the changes above, the contents page and page numbering differ from earlier version of this document. Sections 1 - 11 and the appendices have also been updated.

Please note that this version of the HPB Cancer QPI Document applies to cases diagnosed from 1st January 2016 onwards. Where amended or new QPIs require new data items for measurement, this will apply for patients diagnosed from 1st January 2017.

Previous Updates:

February 2015 (v2.1)
This document was updated following baseline review of the HPB Cancer QPIs which took place following analysis of year 1 of the HPB cancer QPI data. As a result, the following QPIs have been updated:

• QPI 2 - Diagnosis and Staging of HCC
• QPI 3 - Referral to Scottish Liver Transplant Unit
• QPI 4 - Palliative Treatment for HCC
• QPI 5 - 30 Day Mortality After Treatment for HCC Cancers
• QPI 6 - Radiological Diagnosis for Pancreatic, Duodenal or Biliary Tract Cancers
• QPI 10 - Lymph Node Yield
• QPI 12 - Volume of Cases per Centre/ Surgeon

Please note that this version of the HPB Cancer QPI Document applies to cases diagnosed from 1st January 2014.

November 2013
Please note that this document has been updated to include QPI 1 - Multi-Disciplinary Team ( MDT) Meeting.

The overall QPI numbering, contents page and page numbering have been amended as a result and therefore differ from earlier versions of this document.